- From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 14:12:17 -0800
- To: Tom Libert <libert@gradient.com>
- CC: "David P. Kemp" <dpkemp@missi.ncsc.mil>, ietf-tls@w3.org
Tom Libert wrote: > > At 08:55 AM 3/7/97 -0500, David P. Kemp wrote: >> I noticed that the draft still contains references to ciphersuites >> including the unpublished algorithms RC2 and RC4. > > I believe RC2 is still a trade secret, but RC4 was leaked to the > Cypherpunks list in September, '94. The algorithm is described in > Chapter 17 of Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography", 2ed. Not leaked. Reverse engineered. And RC2 was also reverse engineered some months ago. -- You should only break rules of style if you can | Tom Weinstein coherently explain what you gain by so doing. | tomw@netscape.com
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